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On the doorstep of winter....it's coming! Pattern with banter


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well inland/lakes cutter fail next week axesmiley.png ... at least the -NAO will still be established, was thinking a lakes cutter would be a key player in that last week, but I guess not. things still look good/more favorable after that first week in dec, and were seeing it at the end of the ensembles now as well as Scott was mentioning.

Edit: then again, it is still pretty east-based on the euro ensembles through day 10..the real thought was that a lakes cutter/more amplified system would be key in making it more west/davis straight based.

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Dry patterns are a bad thing in winter...last winter was very dry and most of our terrible winters are. That said, I am not fearing a dry pattern at this point...it definitely looks like a more active pattern in December. But its always something you should be concerned about in the back of your mind.

Our recent dry Novembers have had a mixed bag of winters following them here: 2007, 2003, 2001, 1998, 1996, 1990, 1987, 1984, 1978, 1976.....its about half and half good winters and crap winters.

Yeah its definitely a concern, but I'm glad some of you long range guys are seeing a more active pattern developing. Dry winters are always a huge concern, even from the standpoint of it just getting boring with no precip events.

Cold and dry beats mild and dry in winter . So we'll taste that if forced to

Hey that's the first thing we've agreed on today!

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Yeah its definitely a concern, but I'm glad some of you long range guys are seeing a more active pattern developing. Dry winters are always a huge concern, even from the standpoint of it just getting boring with no precip events.

Hey that's the first thing we've agreed on today!

Cold and dry would work for you you can make snow, I would wrap the pull cord from my sled around my neck and hope it would get sucked back in

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Sounds like Euro ens are coming back to reality. We should see that wetter trend cotinue the next couple runs and GFS come south. A compromise like we discussed earlier

I don't want no stinkin' compromise--I want my 12z GFS! smile.png

Actually came in cooler today than yesterday--topped out at 48.8. Bring on the mild down!

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Some funny stuff posted today.

You can tell the dry pattern is getting to everyone.

I think it's just boredom. All the talk about long range is great but we've got to get there first and we may or may not have gone through a 1-2+ week of boredom. we'll see about next week after the 0z tonight. I'm kind of enjoying the calm weather for a change.

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Cold and dry would work for you you can make snow, I would wrap the pull cord from my sled around my neck and hope it would get sucked back in

Yeah but like Will alluded too... there's only so long I'll put up with man-made snow. I'll give it till like the start of the third week of December before I get annoyed if we aren't seeing any notable up-tick in precipitation events, haha.

Historically New England skis on mostly man-made snow through the Christmas Holiday period anyway...but I can tell the locals around here are antsy already because we've been skiing man-made snow since the 10th. What an early start to the season though... I have a feeling this could be a long season overall, just because we are like a solid 2-3 weeks ahead of several recent seasons.

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Cold and dry would work for you you can make snow, I would wrap the pull cord from my sled around my neck and hope it would get sucked back in

Before you decide to see how far you can make it across the glaze on Sebago Lake could you make a series of disgruntled posts about the uselessness of snow in the SNE flatlands? Recipe for success to break up the monotony on the board.

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Lobby for a hockey rink on top of the Gondy, a la Squaw Valley. I'd lace em up. Straight man made gets boring after a couple days, but folks'll pay an arm and a leg for ice time with a view.

I'm all for it, haha.

I really haven't gotten bored of the man-made snow yet, not really that close to being bored, because the quality so far this year has been amazing. I think the really dry airmass has been helping that out, drying the surface layer of snow out in such a way that it skis exactly like fresh snow after its groomed.

Plus we'll get into expansion mode here this week so it'll be nice to continuously get onto new terrain every 1-3 days...for a comparison, we are hoping to open the top-to-bottom Nosedive trail (which is a major one for us) by the end of this week, when last year it opened on December 30th. The comparisons to last year so far are laughable.

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Before you decide to see how far you can make it across the glaze on Sebago Lake could you make a series of disgruntled posts about the uselessness of snow in the SNE flatlands? Recipe for success to break up the monotony on the board.

lol

Maybe this is finally the December all of New England sees excellent Zamboni smooth ice on area ponds/lakes that remain snow free in a cold/dry pattern. I haven't skated on Lake Champlain in years, but if the bays get nice smooth ice you can skate from town to town up and down the coast, errr shoreline... did that once in College and it was a blast.

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Yeah but like Will alluded too... there's only so long I'll put up with man-made snow. I'll give it till like the start of the third week of December before I get annoyed if we aren't seeing any notable up-tick in precipitation events, haha.

you are about to get pounded in the next ten days with upslope, really dude, cry me a river.

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There's really only one person I can think of that is directly tied to all of those statements lol.... the massive severe threats, the "deadly heatwaves" and the "endless winter after the 25th". Literally I can't think of anyone else (maybe Toronto blizzard but he just asks questions) that has been riding the endless winter theme now and was also hyping all the deadly heat and storms.

His enthusiasm and dramatic angle are frequently very entertaining on here. He has scored a few major weather victories (KFS)..

Without him on the boad it would be like listening to Bon Jovi without Jon Bon Jovi or the Rolling Stones without Mick Jagger....just wouldn't be the same

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lol

Maybe this is finally the December all of New England sees excellent Zamboni smooth ice on area ponds/lakes that remain snow free in a cold/dry pattern. I haven't skated on Lake Champlain in years, but if the bays get nice smooth ice you can skate from town to town up and down the coast, errr shoreline... did that once in College and it was a blast.

Yeah 2009/2010 was horrific for snow here, but got so much pond hockey in I can look back on it with some fondness. Consistently below freezing and didn't have to shovel much. Lake Champlain covered in black would be sweet indeed.

After about 2 straight days of man-made only skiing I need a 10 day break to start jonesing again. But don't get me wrong the pics you've been posting look great, and wish I was there now. Late Feb/March is usually when I splurge on VTah however.

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I was using your comment to illustrate the 'compromise' we just witnessed. lol

NJ will is the dark horse snow capital of the east.

I know who it was meant for, Folks need to be careful what they wish it may come and bite them, This is turning in to a big bag of WTF, 2 days ago it tracked thru Michigan, Today over Georges Bank

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